Prologue

[There's a book that grows on you the more you read it—the very one you're reading right now. Trust me, it only gets better from here on out. I hope all you friends out there will like it o(∩_∩)o.]

Amidst the mountains, there exists a special prison surrounded by high walls and barbed wire, guarded by expressionless prison guards atop these walls, located 80 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, near Mount Fuji.

It's a corridor resembling a space capsule, its walls all made of 20cm-thick white special alloy, with hundreds of infrared thermal sensing surveillance devices providing 360-degree coverage without any dead angles, tirelessly monitoring every movement in the corridor 24/7.

This is one of the corridors within Shimpeesha Prison, the most secure and fortified prison of the island nation, which is actually built inside the belly of a mountain, making the idea of breaking out nothing short of a pipe dream.

"Taptaptap—"

At this moment, following a series of light footsteps, a tall Japanese woman dressed in a pink kimono is slowly walking down this white corridor, heading towards the end where the only cell on this floor is located.

The Japanese woman arrived at the cell door and gently pressed a green button outside the door, and then the 30cm-thick alloy door slowly opened.

"Kakakaka——"

As the alloy door opened, light from the corridor pierced into the dim cell, illuminating its interior.

In this spacious cell, almost devoid of any furnishings except for the bronze chair in the center made of special alloy, there sat a black-haired man on the bronze chair.

The man's hands and feet were tightly shackled with green chains, immobilizing him. He kept his head down, his long bangs hiding his eyes, revealing only his pale cheek and tightly pursed thin lips.

"You're being executed tomorrow, do you know that?" said Ito Rei, her voice cold.

The man remained silent, as if he hadn't heard her at all.

Seeing that the man didn't speak, Ito Rei didn't show anger but continued, "However, if you agree to join the Ito Shrine and swear fealty to the Goddess Lady, I can convince my father to let you go and not pursue the matter of you seriously injuring Master Miyamoto. Not only that, I will also appoint you as the First Divine Messenger of the Ito Shrine!"

"Hmhmhm—"

The man suddenly let out a chilling, sinister laugh, his black hair gently swaying with his laughter.

Ito Rei's heart skipped a beat and she took a pale-faced step back, suppressing the fear within her as she tentatively asked again, "You... you accept?"

"What do you think, Miss Lingzi?" the man suddenly raised his head, looking at Ito Rei with eyes brimming with endless mockery.

"Ah—" Ito Rei, frightened by the man's gaze, couldn't help but step back once more, her eyes filled with a trace of fear as she looked at him.

"It seems... you don't accept, then?"

"Of course, why would I join your so-called shrine? Rather than pondering this, you might as well go home tonight, wash your ass clean, get on your bed, and stick your ass up in the air for me to tame. Perhaps, I might consider making you my woman... Hahaha—"

"You—you—you still have the nerve to say such shameless words, you're courting death; tomorrow—you're going to Hell, you will certainly die a miserable death!" Ito Rei cursed angrily, her breathing quickening and her chest heaving as she turned and left the cell.

As Ito Rei exited the cell, the 30cm-thick alloy door closed slowly again, and the cell once more plunged into darkness and deathly silence, as if no one were inside at all.

After an uncertain period of silence, the man's voice finally broke the maddening stillness.

"Shouldn't this island's time to perish be arriving soon? Perhaps tonight, I might even get to have a three-hundred-round battle in bed with Miss Lingzi?"

The man whispered quietly, licking his dry lips with his tongue, his mind involuntarily recalling the bizarre changes he had undergone over the past three months. He felt an inexplicable sense of emotion, and suddenly, a wickedly bright red light silently lit up in his right eye.

At this moment, outside the imposing prison, hidden within clouds thousands of meters high, a Black magic dragon thousands of kilometers long seemed to sense something. Then, its huge and terrifying body abruptly turned and plunged uncontrollably towards this strongly reputed prison of the island nation!

At this instant, the entire heaven and earth began to tremble!

ps: Annotations

1. The key concept behind this book is to uphold justice and patriotism strongly.

2. Secondly, all characters, place names, countries, and some titles in the book are purely fictional, please don't correlate them with reality!

3. Most importantly, readers should remember that this book's category includes countryside + virtual city + supernatural + fantasy + tomb raiding + wondrous oddities + limitless imagination.

If readers insist on matching the characters in the book with real-life personalities and imposing cameos, the book assumes no responsibility.

This chapter is a prologue. The next chapter starts the main story, telling the tale of how the protagonist, just like you and me, became a powerful individual three months ago!!